@yfan wrote:
@mongstradamus wrote:
@yfan wrote:
@Imperfectfuture wrote:Actually, some cards are starting to allow partial redemptions, alaska airlines, my CU Visa, etc. personally, just discovered the joy of the Amex travel section. Very good prices, and get cash back. I only travel once or twice a year, and some years none. So cash back takes precedent. But if I want to accrue more points, use my CU visa more, and be sure to log the points with my alaska air membership. But that's just me.
I'd be interested in knowing how exactly this works. For example, let's say a flight costs $450 in cash. Let's also say that it costs 40,000 miles. Assume I have 30,000 miles. Are you saying that I can use the 30,000 miles for that flight and pay the rest in cash, and if so, exactly what's the cash amount? Is it $150, valuing each of my existing miles miles at 1 cent and essentially paying the cash fair, OR is it $100 for the 10,000 points that I'm short, in which case I'm essentially paying the miles fare?
it depends on what kind of miles you are talking about there are cards like venture and arrival+ that can be applied towards travel credit. So basically you use the card to pay for flight and you can use points as travel credit.
There are also other cards that use points that can transfer to their rewards points programs, so you have to look where to find best valuue. Alaska air has some of the most valuable points out there due to the partners they have and how little it costs to redeem top tier flights. Some of the really nice partners alaska has are emirates, korean air and cathay.
Right, so to clarify, assume the miles I'm talking about in the above situation are Alaska miles and for simplicity's sake, assume that specific flight I describe is an Alaskan Air flight. What then?
Goto alaska air site and look at flight you want to fly how many miles it would cost you. If you have enough miles to cover it than its basically an "free" flight
